Hydrant.



Patented Nov@ I4, |899.

C. L. BURKHART.

H Y D R A N T,

(Appximion med Feb.' 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED,` 4STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

' -CHARLES LLOYD BURKIIART, OF DAYTON, XVASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES IV. STEVENS, OF SAME PLACE.

HYDRANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,077, dated November 14, 1899.

l Application led February 21,1899. Serial No. 706,315. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LLOYD BURK- HART, of Dayton, in the county of Columbia and State of Washington,have invented a new and Improved IIydrant, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in water-hydrants; and the object is to provide a hydrant so arranged that when not in use it may be moved wholly below the groundsurface, thus preventing any possibility of freezing and also hiding it from view, and therefore making it well adapted for use on lawns.

I will describe a hyd rant embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin both figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a hydrant embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the cover being removed.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a supply-pipe leading from the main and com- 1n unicating at its upper end with a cylinder 2, which forms a water-chamber. Movable vertically through the cylinder 2 is the hydrant-pipe 3. As here shown, this hydrantpipe is movable through openings in the upper and lower walls of the cylinder 2, and packing-boxes 4 5 engage with tapped eXtensions on said walls. Near its lower end this hydrant-pipe 3 has inlet-openings 6, and at its upper end it has a spout 7, to which a hose may be attached, if desired.

Arranged around the hydrant-pipe and eX- tended downward from the cylinder 2 is a casing 8, and arranged around the upper portion of the hydrant-pipe and extended upward from the cylinder 2 is aboxing 9, having a removable cover 10, secured in place, as here shown, by a set-screw 11. The boxing 9 is also secured to the upper wall of the cylinder by a set-screw 12.

Seated in the ground and having its upper end substantially on a level with the groundsurface is a shell 13, having a cover 14. This shell 13 is designed to receive the spout or outlet end of the hydrant-pipe when not in use, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

All of the parts above described, excepting the cover 14, are arranged below the surface of the ground, and when the hydrant is not in use it is to be moved downward, so that the inlets 6 come below the lower wall of the cylinder 2, and when in this position any water that may remain in the hydrant-pipe will run out through said opening 6 and into the casing 8, and thence to the ground. When itis desired to use the hydrant, the pipe 3 is to be moved upward a sufficient distance to permit a hose to be attached to the spout 7. At this time, however, it should not be moved suliciently upward to bring the inlets 6 into the cylinder 2. Therefore no water can pass through the hydrant-pipe while attaching the hose. After attachingthe hose, however, the pipe is to be drawn upward until the inlets 6 arewithin the cylinder 2, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that the water may pass freely through said inlets and discharge through the hydrant pipe and hose. it is desired to discontinue the use of the hydrant, the pipe 3 is to be moved downward to cut off the inlet of water, so that the hose may be detached, after which the pipe is to be moved to its lowermost position, allowing the water to escape, as before described.

It will be noted that there are no valves in this hydrant to become worn or broken, and also that the hydrant-pipe may rotate freely, so that a hose attached thereto may be carriedaround ordragged,asdesired. Asthecylinder 2 is located quite a distance below the surface of the ground it-is obvious that the water contained therein will not freeze, and, further, as no water can stand in the pipe 3 there is no danger of breaking it by expansion of ice.

The lower portion of the pipe 3, below the inlets 6, is substantially solid, and this portion is made sufficiently long to provide abearing in the lower wall of the cylinder 2 when the hydrant-pipe is in its uppermost position.

Having thus 'fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hydrant, comprising a supply-pipe, a chamber with which said supply-pipe communicates, a hydrant-pipe movable vertically through the upper and lower walls of said chamber and also adapted to rotate, the said When IOO

hyd rant-pipe having ports through which water may pass from the chamber when said pipe isin its uppermost position and through which water may discharge when the ports are below the chamber and a connection at the up per end of the hydrant-pipe, adapted to receive a hose, substantially as specified.

2. A hydrant, comprising a supply-pipe, a chamber into which the supply pipe discharges laterally, a hydrant-pipe rotatively and vertically movable in said chamber, the said hydrant pipe having a port through which water may enter it from the chamber when said pipe is in its uppermost position, and through which water may discharge from said pipe when the port is below the bottom wall of the cham ber, an extension on said pipe below the port to form a bearing in the lower wall of the chamber when the pipe is in its raised position, and aspout on the upper end of the hydrant-pipe adapted for hose attachment and by means of which the pipe may be turned, substantially' as specified.

3. A hydrant, comprising a supply-pipe, a chamber with which said pipe communicates, ahydran t-pipe movable vertically through the upper and lower walls of said chamber and also adapted to rotate therein, the said hydrant-pipe having inlets to permit the discharge of water from the chamber into said pipe, and a shell or casin g seated in the ground and adapted to receive the outlet end of the hydrant-pipe when in its lowermost position, substantially as specified.

4. A hydrant, comprising a supply-pipe, a

charge end of the hydrant and a curved spout on the upper end of the hydrantpipe,substan tially as specified.

5. A hydrant, comprising a supply-pipe, a

chamber with which the supply-pipe commu.

nicates, a hydrantpipe movable vertically through the upper and lower walls of the chamber,packingboxes on said walls and surrounding the pipe, the said hydrant-pipe having inlets through which Water may pass from the chamber when the said pipe is in its uppermost position and adapted for the discharge of water when the said pipe is in its lowermost position, a casing extended from the lower wall of the chamber and surrounding the hydrant-pipe, a boxing extended from the upper wall of the chamber and surrounding the hydrant-pipe, a removable cover for said boxing, a shell arranged around the upper portion of the hydrant-pipe and seated in the ground, and a cover for said shell, substantially as specied.

CHARLES LLOYD BURKI-IART.

Witnesses:

WILL H. Fours, J. W. HOLMAN. 

